Chow is an advocate for lower income tax at every bracket, which he believes will set off an economic boom and increase tax revenue through new businesses.

“We need to extend the Bush tax cut and eliminate the death/estate tax,” Chow said. “When you think about it, people save their money after paying taxes all their lives and when they die, all of it’s taxed again. That’s a duplicate tax. Obama’s tax plan is not working and everyone deserves to pay something in.”

According to Chow, the number of federal employees has increased by 253,000 since Obama took office, which he pointed out is costing taxpayers more money.

“We need to review the over 10,000 federal programs that currently exist and 682 departments and take out all the earmarks,” Chow said. “I would eliminate all of the 253,000 employees and reduce the number of federal employees by 10 percent. Then I would cut out at least half of the 10,000 programs and downsize the rest. Every five years, all of the programs should be reviewed and the bad ones should be eliminated.”

Chow said the country needs a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution, which will take a lot of effort.

“It’ll be tough. It will take two-thirds of the Senate and House, three-fourths of the states and two-thirds of the state legislatures, but we need to do it,” Chow said. “Right now we’re on a baseline budget, so it goes up every year by 8-10 percent, increasing our spending and debt. It can only go up, never down. We need a zero baseline budget and review all our spending by line item for fiscal responsibility.”

The President of the United States is allowed two four-year terms, but Senate and House representatives have no term limits. Chow is an advocate for a constitutional amendment establishing term limits of either six two-year terms or three four-year terms for state representatives and congressmen.

“If I’m elected, I promise to serve only four two-year terms,” he said. “I can always go back to my businesses. They (congressman) shouldn’t receive retirement or any compensation either like pension.”

Chow also suggests that Congress repeal ObamaCare.

“If it can’t be repealed then we should defund it, or stop it some way,” he said. “If not, then Congress should demonstrate leadership and use it first and not exclude themselves.

Chow said of his opponent that Barton has been in office for 28 years, since 1984, and has become a career politician.

“When he was first elected, he wanted term limits, but because he got comfortable he is a career politician now. As the Chair of Energy and Commerce, he voted for Solyndra and ObamaCare,” Chow said. “The government should not pick which companies to help or bail out, it’s not fair practice or good business.”

Chow listed Barton’s apology to BP after the oil spill for the government’s involvement as another example of Barton’s failure as Texas’ representative.

“When the government asked BP to settle and handle the repayments of individual and business loses, Barton apologized to the BP for the government getting involved in the situation,” he said. “Barton also voted for the debt ceiling, SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act).”

Chow said SOPA and PIPA are bad for the Internet industry, because during investigation, the website is shut down even if the accused is eventually found innocent. He also noted that Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Barton and Eddie Bernice Johnson as the two most corrupt Texas congressmen.

About Joe Chow

An international student from Taiwan, Chow graduated and began to earn his U.S. citizenship while living in Addison, Texas.

“I came to this great nation 32 years ago from Taiwan as a student. I received my MBA (Master’s of Business Administration) from Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 1980,” Chow said. “I come from a business and finance background. After graduation, I worked very hard to earn enough money to open my own restaurant, May Dragon, in 1986.”

In 2000, Chow became a certified realtor and decided to run for city council the next year. He said that he was met with very little encouragement from many.

“They said I had no chance and that it was a joke. I asked why and they said it was because I had no history as a city board member,” he said. “I went door to door knocking and asking for people’s support. While I was knocking and talking to people, I heard a lot of issues and complaints about the city. When I was elected as mayor I made it my goal to fix those issues.”

He served three years as a city council member for the town of Addison before being elected to mayor in 2005. He contributes his election as mayor to having a good relationship with the people.

“I’m proud to say that Addison’s tax rate is one of the lowest in Texas. I cut property taxes my first year in office, and during my second term, Addison received its first-ever AAA bond rating. When the recession hit, we were prepared with an $11 million rainy day fund,” Chow said.

He and his wife, Chi Chi, have seven children and two grandchildren. Chow’s twin daughters both served in Iraq.

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